June 9, 2022

Transitioning from one place to another – top tips

At the end of my working-from-home day, I like to take a 10-minute walk across the field by my house. I do this walk alone,...

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May 26, 2022

Supporting new students with EAL

In recent weeks, our Help Desk has received many enquiries from schools asking what resources we have that will help them support the Ukrainian children...

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April 29, 2022

Primary schools to be banned from permanently excluding children

DfE stats reveal that 1,067 primary school pupils were permanently excluded in 2018-19. The Commission on Young Lives, launched in September 2021, is a year-long independent...

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April 7, 2022

SEND Review: Right support, Right place, Right time

On 29th March 2022, the SEND Review green paper was published. The paper outlines the challenges of the current SEN system that all those working within it...

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March 30, 2022

Why improving speech, language and communication skills must be part of the Government’s Levelling Up agenda

The Government's education white paper Opportunity for All was released on 28th March 2022. It restated the announcement (originally made in February, as part of...

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March 3, 2022

Supporting Generalisation of Skills

In this final blog of our three-part series in which we have been considering key barriers to effective interventions for children who have Autism Spectrum...

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February 3, 2022

Supporting Rigidity

Do you sit at the same desk every time you go into the office? At a training session, would you head for the same chair on...

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January 13, 2022

Factors Affecting the Success of Interventions for Children with ASD – Attention

In this three-part series, we will be focusing on key areas that children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are likely to struggle with, that may...

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December 8, 2021

The language of the holidays

The great thing about language is that it is all around us, in virtually everything we do. With every season, every event and every experience...

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November 24, 2021

No Pens Wednesday

27th November 2024 is the annual ‘No Pens Day’. This is an opportunity across schools and early years settings to put down writing tools and...

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